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C attained tats-r attent @titre Letters Patent No. 105,009, dated July 5, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom 'it may concern:

" Be it known that 1,-JAMns P. SPAULDING, of the cit-y of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for lFiltering and Purifying Water iu Wells, and for fastening the-sections of pump-stocks together, and supporting and strengthening the joints thereof; also, a device for preventing the suckers of pumps from wearing away-all of which I term an improvement iu wells.

Figure l is a Y'side view of a pump, embodying my improvements.

Figure 2, a perspective side and bottom view of the lower section of the water-chamber.,

v Figure 3 is a perspective top view of a disk, with filtering-tubes therein.

'Figure 4 is a reversed view of the same.

Figure 5 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 6 is a sleeve, surrounding a pump-sucker.

Figure 7 is a perspective top view of the clamps for fastening the sections of a pump-stock together'.

Figure Sis a pipe for admitting air to the waterchamber A. 4 A is the water-chamber,- and may be constructed of stone-ware, or other durable material, and is to be placed in the vbottom of oid or new wells, for the purpose of ltering and purifying the water therein, the said chamber to be constructed in any desired number of sections, with a perforated bottom, B, and disk, F, with filtering-tubes c c c. lThe perforated bottom B is placed in the lower section of the .water-chamber A, about ve inches within the section.

The disk F, ontaining the filtering-tubes c c c, rests within the lower section of the said water-chamber A, leaving a space of four inches between the bottom B and the disk F. v

The lower endof the water-chamber A isl to be either slotted or' perforated with round holes, both above and below the bottom B, as shown in tig. 2, for the purpose of admitting the water into the said chamber A, below the disk F, the said disk F, or figs. 3,

4, and 5, being constructed with any desired number of small perforated tubes o c c, as shown iu iig. 4, through which the water rises from the well into the' water-chamber A, and from whence it flows into the pump-stock C, through the conductor D, as Ashown in iig. l. '.lhe pump-stock G and conductor D to be made of stone-ware, 0r other durable material.

Thepump-stock to be made in sections, and securely fastened together by means of the clamps E E E E, as shown in iig. 1.

The said clamps to be made of galvanized iron,.or

other indestructible'metal, with rodsI and screw-nuts, as'showniu iig. 4,' by means of which the sections of a pump-stock may be securely fastenedtogether, the clamps E E E E resting against the shoulders O O on the sections of thepump-stock0, as shown in iig. l. vg g, in iig. G, is a sleeve for the sucker, on .the lower end of the piston, to move or workin, the said sleeve to be made of porcelain, or other smooth substance, with an ordinary valve in the lower end thereof, the said sleeve to be inserted downinto thepump-stock, from the upper end, to a shoulder or oiset in the pump-stock, for the said sleeve to' rest on, and where it can be securely held by pins or screws. pose ofthe said sleeve g g is irst to enable the valve, which is part of the sleeve, to be drawn from the pump-stock without removing any part of thev said stock; and, second, for the purpose of preventing the sucker from wearing away as rapidly as it otherwise would if exposed to the vrough surface of the pumpstock.

i U, infig. S, is an air-pipe, with a perforated ball ou the upper end. the lower end being inserted in the crown of the water-chamber A, for the purpose ofv conducting air from the surface down to the waterchamber, in order to facilitate pumping the water therefrom.

The manner of putting my apparatus and p'ump into wells is simple and practical.

When the well is sunk to a proper depth, I put clean, coarse gravel, or charcoal, or both mixed'toget-her, in the bottom of the well. I then put in the water-chamber A, with the perforated bottom B, and the disk F, in their places, resting them on the gravel or charcoal in the bottom of the'well. I then attach .the pump-stock A C to ,the conductor D, as shown in g.v1, and insert the air-pipe U'in the crown of the water-chamber A,.as shown in iig. 1, I then cover disk F, and the conductor D, substantially as aud for the purposes herein set forth.

1 JAMES P. SPAULDING.

Witnesses:

' 0. DAVIS BREWER,

J. CLINTON HILL. 

